Question

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 41 cm long and the length of a leg is 9 cm. How do you find the length of the other leg?

Answer 1

40 cm

Explanation:

`a^2`+`b^2`=`c^2`
hypotenuse(41) is c and let's assign 9 to a
subtract over `a^2`
`b^2`=1681-81
`b^2`=1600
b=`sqrt(1600)`
b=40